WoRMS name details
Pontogenessa Monro, 1924
325986 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325986)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Pontogenessa obscura Monro, 1924 accepted as Pontogenia obscura (Monro, 1924) (type by monotypy)
- Species Pontogenessa obscura Monro, 1924 accepted as Pontogenia obscura (Monro, 1924) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Monro, C. C. A. (1924). On the Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. ‘Alert,' 1878-1882. Families Aphroditidae and Amphinomidae. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 36(240): 65-77., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb02208.x [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pontogenessa Monro, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325986 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Monro, C. C. A. (1924). On the Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. ‘Alert,' 1878-1882. Families Aphroditidae and Amphinomidae. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 36(240): 65-77., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb02208.x [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. (1966). Heteraphrodita altoni, a new genus and species of polychaete worm (Polychaeta, Aphroditidae) from deep water off Oregon, and a revision of the Aphroditid genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 79: 95-108., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34562769
page(s): 98; note: Pontogenessa included under Pontogenia [details]
page(s): 98; note: Pontogenessa included under Pontogenia [details]
